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PERSPECTIVES: All Colleges Aren’t The Same…And We Need To Understand How

Anthony P. Carnevale, director, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, argues inequities in higher education are exacerbating racial inequality. …

by Future U/ December 16, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Bloomberg’s Plan For Making College More Diverse

It’s especially relevant for America’s top colleges and universities. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ December 15, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Sign The Petition Against the PROFESSOR WATCHLIST

Go here. Sponsored by The American Association of University Professors.

by Future U/ December 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When You’re Told, “No, You Can’t Publish It”

Read about Alice Dreger’s situation at Northwestern. Text is from the Afterword, Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar’s …

by Future U/ December 14, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: 65 And Choosing To Live On Campus

Retirement communities and housing for seniors are popping up on campuses across the country. Read more here.

by Future U/ December 13, 2016/ Public Higher Ed/

NEW BRIEFS: Public College Affordability in California … Things Have Changed

AS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES on December 9, 2016 Since the lofty idealism of the 1960s, the goal …

by Future U/ December 12, 2016/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Supporters Need Campus Safe Spaces, Too

NEWS BRIEFS: Wisconsin Regents Approve Tenure Policies Opposed By Faculty

There’s yet another feature associated with the neoliberal assault on higher education in Wisconsin. Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ December 10, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Read And Support “Report From The Committee on Freedom of Expression,” University of Chicago

Read the Committee’s report here. Sign a national petition sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Encourage …

by Future U/ December 10, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: “I Am A Dangerous Professor”

Thoughtful essay written by Emory’s George Yancy (From The New York Times).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Professor WatchList, Notre Dame Faculty Say: “Please Add My Name!”

More than 100 ND faculty members are eager to have their names added to a conservative faculty watchlist that targets …

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Without Tenure, Professors Act Like Terrified Sheep”

“Does tenure protect intellectual freedom or force academics to think the same way?” Read Alice Dreger’s provocative essay (from AEON).

by Future U/ December 9, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Population Shifts and Trends Challenge College Enrollments

Population declines in some regions, growth in others, and greater diversity all around are hallmarks of demographic patterns in college-age America. Read …

by Future U/ December 8, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Is There A Connection Between Conspiracy Beliefs And Education Level?

Read a thoughtful piece from NPR written by Tania Lombrozo, psychology professor, University of California, Berkeley

by Future U/ December 7, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Review of “Dark Money” — The Rise Of The Radical Right

MSU’s Ruben Martinez offers his thoughts on a defining feature of our times. (Review published in NEXO, The Julian Samora …

by Future U/ December 6, 2016/ Public Higher Ed/

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